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--- signals.txt	(revision 8963)
+++ signals.txt	(working copy)
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@
     to be sent. This makes your app's ``models.py`` a good place to put
     registration of signal handlers.
 
+    Note also that Django stores signal handlers as weak references by default,
+    so if your handler is a local function, it may be garbage collected.  To
+    prevent this, pass ``weak=False`` when you call the signal's ``connect``.
+
 Connecting to signals sent by specific senders
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